Caudal approach to pure laparoscopic posterior sectionectomy under the laparoscopy-specific view

Figure 1 Differences in the view and approach between open and laparoscopic liver surgery. An illustration depicting the differences between the different surgery types. Since the view of operative field is in caudal-to-cranial direction in the laparoscopic procedure (LAP, right), not anterior-to-posterior (dorsal) as in the open procedure (OPEN, left), there is an advantage of good vision for the dorsal part of the liver and inferior vena cava. IVC: Inferior vena cava.